International Day of Indigenous Peoples

August 9 is declared by the UN to be the International Day for Indigenous Peoples. The online periodical ContraPunto provided a photogallery of members of El Salvador's indigenous peoples commemorating the date.

During the 20th century, El Salvador's indigenous communities were almost completely wiped out through massacres and repression. In 2010, Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes made an act of public apology for the country's treatment of indigenous peoples.